UPDATE - Sunday, 2/8 - 6:30 p.m. - Winter Storm Fern restoration efforts, along with information on areas that serve 12 or more members who have not been restored.

As power restoration continues, some crews are shifting their focus to individual outages. Each day, these crews are working in areas where one or two homes throughout the service territory that did not come back online when surrounding neighbors were restored.

This weekend is still looking pretty wet and rainy, but rainfall totals are trending downward a little bit. Now looking like the storm total rainfall will be in the 1.5 to 2 inch range. We're not expecting organized severe weather, but the setup favors isolated thunderstorms 🌩️

UPDATE - Saturday, February 14 - 11:00 a.m. - Keith Hayward, CEO/General Manager, offers a final update on Winter Storm Fern restoration.

Today, the Trump Administration approved Public Assistance for an additional 18 counties that were impacted by the January 23-27 severe winter weather. This brings the total number of counties approved for Public Assistance Category (A-G) to 34. The 18 counties that were

Confidence continues to increase for some cold mornings early next week! Here are the probabilities for morning temperatures less than 28 degrees on Monday and Tuesday mornings🥶 #arwx #mowx #mswx #tnwx

🚒🔥Fire danger is ELEVATED today. Even though it rained Friday night and the ground may seem wet, fires can still spread fast. We know many of y’all have tree debris you want to burn, but we’re discouraging outdoor burning today. 📞 See smoke/unattended fire? Call 911.

A Slight Risk for severe hail is in place for this afternoon and evening thunderstorms. Up to ping pong ball sized hail could occur in any thunderstorms as well as some gusty winds up to 60 mph. Here is a look at one model's interpretation of what the radar could look like.

So far as of 3:30 PM we just have a few run-of-the-mill thunderstorms over north MS. As the stationary front propagates southeastward over the next several hours, expect a localized large hail threat to materialize just south of the front with up to ping pong ball sized hail. ⛈️

A special weather statement has been issued for Hickory Flat MS, Abbeville MS and Winborn MS until 5:15 PM CST

A special weather statement has been issued for New Albany MS, Ecru MS and Ingomar MS until 5:45 PM CST

A special weather statement has been issued for Myrtle MS, Abbeville MS and Etta MS until 6:45 PM CST

A special weather statement has been issued for Senatobia MS, Sardis MS and Coldwater MS until 7:45 PM CST

Severe Thunderstorm Warning including Abbeville MS, Barr MS and Tyro MS until 8:15 PM CST

⚠️Severe Thunderstorm Warning ⚠️ This warning is for Lafayette County and City of Oxford Oxford Police Department

7:50 PM Update - Multiple strong to severe thunderstorms continue to move across north MS. Large hail (>1”) is the main concern, but some damaging wind gusts cannot be ruled out either over the next several hours.

🚨 Outdoor Warning Siren Maintenance 🚨 We will be performing maintenance on the outdoor warning system today. You may hear brief, individual siren tests at various locations throughout the day. No action needed as these are short test activations only. NWS Memphis